Sr. Staff Backend Engineer - Sr. MTS

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At eBay, we're more than a global ecommerce leader — we’re changing the way the world shops and sells. Our platform empowers millions of buyers and sellers in more than 190 markets around the world. We’re committed to pushing boundaries and leaving our mark as we reinvent the future of ecommerce for enthusiasts. Our customers are our compass, authenticity thrives, bold ideas are welcome, and everyone can bring their unique selves to work — every day. We're in this together, sustaining the future of our customers, our company, and our planet. Join a team of passionate thinkers, innovators, and dreamers — and help us connect people and build communities to create economic opportunity for all. About the Team Buyer Experience is one of the most established organizations at eBay, and the Viewed Items & Transactions team owns some of our most critical, high-traffic buyer journeys, shaping how customers evaluate items and complete key transaction flows such as Buy It Now, offers, and auctions. The team’s mission is to remove friction and uncertainty at the moment of purchase by improving trust, price transparency, shipping clarity, item detail quality, and overall conversion experience across platforms, while building scalable systems that power buyer engagement at massive scale. We’re hiring a Sr. Staff Backend Engineer to join our team in Toronto—an opportunity to step into a highly visible leadership role on one of eBay’s core buyer platforms. This person will be one of the most senior engineers in the Toronto office and a key technical point of contact for local teams, helping drive execution, shape technical direction, and raise the bar across multiple pods. We’re looking for someone who combines deep backend engineering strength with strong leadership instincts—someone who can unblock teams, influence across functions, and help the organization deliver against ambitious goals at scale. What you'll do and learn: Independently lead complex technical initiatives within and beyond your team. Drive technical direction and roadmap, leads across domain teams and guides others towards the right technical decisions. Authors ADRs (Architecture Decision Records) that serves as blueprint or a proposed solution for a given technical problem and influences overall tech strategy Responsible for one or more large functional areas possessing in-depth knowledge and expertise. Demonstrate strong systems approach, go beyond immediate needs, proactively addressing performance, security, and future-proofing solutions. Take ownership of complex projects, driving them from conception to successful implementation. Change agency to set high bar and uplevel across teams on culture, process and engineering practices. Empower teams through effective collaboration, knowledge sharing, and tool building. Identifying areas in the company platforms likely to change and integrating flexibility in the design for these areas improving engineering velocity Long term technology vision to continually modernize and keep systems relevant in constantly changing environments Lead engineering support, release, and on-call responsibilities for an "always-on" 24/7 site What you bring: Excellent decision-making skills, thrive on dealing with ambiguities and changes. Strong sense of ownership and communication skills , embrace diverse ideas across organization and align on a mutually agreed direction to get things done and move forward. Deeply care about growing others, great at mentoring and coaching, creating a large positive impact on organizational culture. Strong learning ability, determined Attending knowledge sharing sessions, both within the company and externally Learning transferable skills Growth mindset and constantly looking for opportunities to learn Learns adjacent areas (project management, people management, product management) in addition to core technical skills to better support the organization What we bring: Exciting Product Mission with Impactful Technical Challenges - Dive into the heart of eCommerce innovation at Buyer Experiences, where we’re transforming eBay's shopping journey. By focusing on simplification, personalization, and modernization, we aim to build world-class buyer and seller experiences on eBay marketplaces with creativity and passion. Using cuttinnovativehnologies like Generative AI, you'll tackle complex challenges that directly improve the shopping experience for millions of eBay users everyday. Vibrant Culture - At Buyer Experiences, our strength lies in our diversity, transparency, and collaborative spirit. Our open culture ensures every voice is valued and heard. We celebrate our successes together and approach each challenge as an opportunity for collective growth. Be a part of a dynamic community that not only values your expertise but is also committed to your personal and professional growth. Flexible Working - Enjoy exceptional support for remote work, allowing you to balance your professional and personal life seamlessly. Competitive Compensation and Benefit - No matter where you are in the world, eBay supports your health and wellbeing with benefits as unique as you. Explore the benefits that help you be your best self. Check out our benefits here: https://www.ebaybenefits.com/index.html. Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in EE, CS or other related field. 10+ years of experience in building large scale, distributed web platforms/APIs with 5+ years as an architect/technical lead responsible for the end to end product scope across multiple domains. Experience in creating and driving technical strategy and roadmap across multiple domains. Balanced trade-offs to ship scalable solutions supporting long-term goals. Successfully forge alignments with key partners on significant architecture decisions and technical direction for ambiguous problem areas through Architectural Decision Records (ADR) Developed and drove adoption of technical practices that improved team velocity to deliver high-